On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:05, Robert Munteanu <robert.munteanu@...> wrote:

Hi,

I have a package (maven) which relies on the presence of a environment variable (MAVEN_HOME) . I have created /etc/profile.d/maven.{csh,sh} but these only work after the user logs out.

How can I make the environment variable available immediately after the package is installed?

The most simple solution would be a wrapper to call your program. This wrapper would check for non-zero variable and source /etc/profile.d/maven.{csh,sh} if zero variable. Best change to get your program work out-of-the-box. If the user sets his private variable, it's respected, else it defaults to a known source. Modifing the environments of already started programs is difficult at best, ugly in most cases, and not reliable for sure. Hope this gives you a way to go on successfully. - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org